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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago) (1 children)

I have a very close friend from Venezuela, who became a naturalized citizen in December 2924, after Trump's election, but before his inauguration.

She tells me she's not concerned, because she's a citizen, but they don't even respect Birthright Citizenship, they certainly aren't going to respect any citizenship that was conferred under a Democratic administration, especially Obama's or Biden's.

She's a genuinely good person, and America is a better place with her in it, but MAGA wouldn't agree. I'm really worried about her.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

God fucking damn it, you're telling me he's getting cryogenically process and is coming back in 900 years to terrorize my Great^30 Grandchildren?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

They are also going after foreign-born adoptions by US citizens.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 37 minutes ago

And his 4 anchor babies.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Rafael Cruz

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

There are growing concerns that the DHS effort is more about creating fear and less about successfully stripping citizenship. Even if Americans swept up in investigations aren’t prosecuted or convicted, the process takes a financial and emotional toll; they’d have to hire lawyers and produce documents.

Margy O’Herron, a senior fellow in the liberty and national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, said the mere threat of denaturalization creates real terror.

“Citizens are afraid that if they do or say something the government doesn’t like — even if those things are lawful and protected by the Constitution — they will be a target,” she said.

Sounds likely to me.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Yep, it would only be applied selectively. They spun this up for Mamdani and the MAGA chuds don't think it'll happen to their mail order brides, so they're all fine with it.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 108 points 20 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

As if Trump actually cares about Melania

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 76 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 33 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, he fails the good moral character requirement miserably and definitely falls under: "migrants who undermine domestic tranquility".

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He was also an undocumented immigrant at one point, from overstaying his college visa IIRC.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

both him and kimball.

[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago (3 children)
[–] psoul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Deport the sofa back to Sweden!

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago

The beard you mean.

[–] X@piefed.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Of course! As if that even needed to be asked.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 67 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Notice the terminology. Working to expand effort means that they are going ahead with that plan. This is not a drill.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It’s been not-a-drill since November 2024.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago

True, I was just pointing out that this isn't just the republicans saying they're going to do something. That usually doesn't mean anything except that they're testing the waters.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

isn't most of this kids of diplomats?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

And ex-pats which are trending younger due to people trying to escape American fascism.

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[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Most foreign born Americans. I have a feeling there's already a list of people who can stay. A short one. Populated by billionaire conservatives and eastern European former models.

[–] leopardpuncher@feddit.dk 1 points 5 minutes ago

Don't forget about future models — that crowd likes 'em young, I hear 🫤

[–] deliciEsteva@piefed.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Take it, please. I've been looking for a "get out of citizenship free" card. This would be a dream come true. I'd finally have a free slot to get dual citizenship somewhere nice. Maybe even somewhere with less fascist pedos in charge.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Being stateless tends not to work out so well. Other countries don't suddenly decide to offer citizenship to those in need.

[–] deliciEsteva@piefed.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I have dual citizenship. I'd rather switch the US one though

[–] Iamcanadian@piefed.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

Does that include his wife?

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 32 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If you have some citizens with real citizenship and other citizens with provisional, revocable citizenship, then you have created a system, both in theory and in practice, with first-class and second-class citizens.

Yet I have a feeling those of us who really were born here are never going to have a citizenship advantage over the likes of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Patrick Soon-Shiong, and so on.

[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The division already exists in law, look up statutory citizenship vs constitutional citizenship

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think I buy that as a comparison. Revocation of statutory citizenship would presumably come from an act of congress, revoking the citizenship of whole classes of people at once. The administration is going after naturalized (constitutional) citizens in a systematic way. It's not happening at a scale that has any policy-level meaning in a country as large as this, but it can create fear and uncertainty, a feeling of precariousness.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

What else did you think they were building all those massive concentration camps for?

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Parties for Elon and friends?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Elon first!!!

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

It's a short putt from there to removing citizenship from anyone, for any reason.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Let me guess, Barack Obama gets deported because he's obviously from Kenya

Sigh

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

Obama and other blue oligarch servants are perfectly safe. They're not the ones who are actually being murdered and dissapeared under this admin.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

The fact that any retired Democrat officer is still in the US just shows how clueless they are.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 7 points 16 hours ago

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried.

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 12 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ok so the expansion plan is the justices department pushing to have any naturalized citizen lose their citizenship if they commit a crime.

It’s a BS policy (personally I think citizenship should be rendered impossible to revoke) but that is my understanding of the plan

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 17 hours ago

If they "commit a crime", yes.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Usually the only grounds for revoking citizenship is fraud during the citizenship acquisition process, which I think seems a fair rule

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

melania is a fine example of that fraud.

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Yes but for this administration being anti-government is fraud. Because only fake people from terrorist groups, foreign advisers, and “George Soros.” Would ever be against the US government (sarcasm)

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Straight out of the gestapo playbook.

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